| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| NAKED | Unvarnished, as truth |
| LAYSITONTHELINE | Speaks the unvarnished truth |
| NAKEDLIE | Hardly the unvarnished truth |
| BARE | Unvarnished, as wood |
| NAKED | Blunt, as truth |
| AVERS | States as truth |
| SKEW | Distort, as the truth |
| ASSERT | Put forward as truth |
| BEND | Distort, as the truth |
| PROVE | Establish as the truth |
| KERNEL | Small nugget, as of the truth |
